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Michael Curtiz
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 — April 10, 1962), born Manó Kaminer, was a Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész. He dire…
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Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 — April 10, 1962), born Manó Kaminer, was a Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States. The best-known were The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas. He thrived in the heyday of the Warner Bros. studio in the 1930s and '40s. Curtiz was less successful from the late 1940s onwards, when he attempted to move from studio direction into production and freelance work, but he continued working until shortly before his death.
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2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1961
The Comancheros
Movie Director
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1961
Francis of Assisi
Movie Director
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1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie Director
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1960
A Breath of Scandal
Movie Director
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1959
The Hangman
Movie Director
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1959
The Man in the Net
Movie Director
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1958
King Creole
Movie Director
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1958
The Proud Rebel
Movie Director
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1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie Director
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1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Movie Director
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1956
The Vagabond King
Movie Director
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1956
The Scarlet Hour
Movie Director
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1955
We're No Angels
Movie Director
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1954
White Christmas
Movie Director
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1954
The Egyptian
Movie Director
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1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie Director
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1953
Trouble Along the Way
Movie Director
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1953
The Jazz Singer
Movie Director
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1953
You're the Star
Movie Self
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1952
This Is Your Life
TV show Self
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1952
The Story of Will Rogers
Movie Director
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1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
Movie Director
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1951
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Movie Director
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1951
Force of Arms
Movie Director
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1951
The Screen Director
Movie Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
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1950
The Breaking Point
Movie Director
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1950
Bright Leaf
Movie Director
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1950
Young Man with a Horn
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1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Movie Director
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1949
It's a Great Feeling
Movie Michael Curtiz (uncredited)
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1949
Flamingo Road
Movie Director
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1949
My Dream Is Yours
Movie Director
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1948
Romance on the High Seas
Movie Director
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1947
The Unsuspected
Movie Director
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1947
Life with Father
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